The Social Care Podcast - Sharing Stories
Episodes
Interview with Kate Duggan, Tusla CEO
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey & Baggie as they chat with Tusla CEO about the role of Social Care Workers in the organisation.Hear about Kates journey from studying ...
Cat Scanlon from Localise - Challenging young people to make a difference
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie for this episode of The Social Care Podcast chatting with Cat Scanlon. Cat has had an interesting journey into the world of soc...
A Career in Social Care with Brian Hogan
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Episode, Audrey and Baggie chat with Brian Hogan, former Deputy Director of Oberstown Children Detention Campus. Brian's career in social ...
Interview with Ciara McShane from HIQA
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as this week they chat with Ciara McShane, the Interim Deputy Chief Inspector for disability services in HIQA. HIQA is the Hea...
Creativity and AI with Neil Maiden
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Neil Maiden about creativity and the use of AI in Social Care.Neil Maiden is Professor of Digital Creativity ...
Recovery and Hope in the Community
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Sinead Johnston, Team Leader in Sankalpa community addiction services who provide services to Finglas and Cab...
Series 4 Intro & Catch Up with Audrey and Baggie
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat about where they're at as they begin series 4 of The Social Care Podcast. Both Audrey and Baggie chat about th...
Leon Ledwidge, Chair of Social Care Ireland
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Leon Ledwidge about her role as Chairperson of Social Care Ireland. Leon takes us on her journey working in s...
Keynote Speakers and Presenters at The Social Care Ireland Conference
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Dr. Lorcan Byrne, Sez Morse, Edwina Grant and Shane Casey at the Social Care Ireland Conference. Lorcan is a ...
Young Voices from the Social Care Ireland Conference 2024
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they interview a number of young social care workers and students in this episode recorded live at the Social Care Ireland C...
Conversation with Aubrey McCarthy - Humanitarian of the Year
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Audrey and Baggie chat with Aubrey McCarthy, a man whose life's work has been dedicated to lifting up the most vulnerable ...
Harsh Reality: Racism in Social Care with Dr. Colletta Dalikeni
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger Warning: Issues of Racism and discrimination discussed. Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Dr. Colletta Dalikeni about diversity, inc...
Burnout & Resilience in Social Care with Dee Hennessy
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Dee Hennessy, wellbeing expert and burnout coach about burnout and resilience while working in social care. ...
The Joy of Residential Social Care Work with Des Mooney
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie in this episode as they chat with Des Mooney, a Social Care Worker, SETU Lecturer and former member of the Social Care Workers ...
Christina Sieber on Reflective Practice & CORU Registration
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with SETU Social Care Practice Co-ordinator Christina Sieber. We hear about her interesting journey into social ca...
Martha McGinn on her journey to becoming a Company Director
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with the Company Director of the National Institute of Intellectual Disability Studies about her incredible journe...
The Great Care Co-op with Mariaam Bhatti
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join hosts Audery Moore and David Bagnall (Baggie) as they chat with Mariaam Bhatti about a new model of care in Ireland. Mariaam is a qualified commu...
Managing Workload & Exam Stress with Edel Walsh
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode dedicated to social care students around the country who are juggling academic workloads and busy jobs. Join Audrey and Bag...
Ageing in Intellectual Disability with Michelle Carter
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie in this episode as they chat with Michelle Carter about working with those with intellectual disabilities as they age. Hear abo...
"Where there's life there's hope" with Claire O'Sullivan
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie in this episode of The Social Care Podcast as they chat to Claire O'Sullivan from Tintean Housing Association in Waterford ...
The Power of Play with Mireia Lopez
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey And Baggie as they discuss the incredible power of play in the lives of children and young adults with Mireia Lopez from Discovery Playtim...
Sail Training Ireland Live from an Expedition!
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie for their final episode of series 2 where they chat with Sindy Offer and Anita Oman about their work on tall ships expeditions ...
Building Resilience with Dr. Brian Pennie
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they welcome back Dr. Brian Pennie to chat about resilience. We hear some incredible stories of resilience in the face of ad...
Tusla's Meitheal Framework with Emily McElarney
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie in this episode when they chat with Tusla's Emily McElarney about Tusla's Meitheal framework. Emily McElarney is a Child and Fa...
Restorative Justice with Simon Keating
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie this week as they chat with Simon Keating about what it's like to work in a restorative justice project, promoting empathy ...
Unveiling the Power of Professional Supervision: Insights from Social Care Ireland and National Health and Social Care Professions Office
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Charlotte Burke and Nuala Flynn about all things professional supervision. Gone are the days when the word &#...
Leap of faith into social care to training others
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with former social care classmate Bernie Breen, CEO of Bee Smart Training and Consultancy and Executive Director o...
Networking 101
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey & Baggie as they chat about stepping outside your comfort zone to network in social care. The benefits, some tips to make the most of ...
Social Care Ireland Award Winners 2023
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Audrey and Baggie chat to the two recipients of Social Care Ireland Awards at the 2023 Conference. Ciaran Byrne, a Social Care Worke...
SCI Conference Student Mentoring Program
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Audrey and Baggie interview three individuals involved in the Student Mentoring Programme at the Social Care Ireland Conference. Adri...
Social Care Ireland Conference Exhibitors
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with three of the exhibitors at the Social Care Ireland Conference, followed by a chat with one of the key-note sp...
Welcome to the Social Care Ireland Conference
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode of series two of the Social Care Podcast - Sharing Stories, with Audrey Moore and David Bagnall aka 'Baggie'. The f...
Episode 14: Audrey & Baggie Reflect on the last three months with The Social Care Podcast
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Audrey and Baggie chat about their journey creating the first series of The Social Care Podcast. In true social care worker fashion, they reflect on t...
Episode 13: Rachel Fayne on the DAVINA Project
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey & Baggie as they hear from Rachel Fayne, Co-ordinator of the DAVINA Project (Domestic Abuse Violence Is Never Acceptable). The DA...
Episode 12: Learn about the Sister Sheds with co-founder Sherin Hughes
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Social Care Podcast, Audrey & Baggie chat with Sherin Hughes about the origins of the Sister Shed movement in Co. Dublin. S...
Episode 11: Paul Curtis chats about his work in Youthreach
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they chat with Paul Curtis from Youthreach Priory in Tallaght about his work with young people, the marriage of education an...
Episode 10: Sinead Quinn on what it's like to work in a domestic violence service
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please join Audrey & Baggie as they chat to Sinead Quinn from SONAS Domestic Violence charity about her work. Sinead takes us into detail about th...
Episode 9: Paul Flynn on Youthwork and Aftercare
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with Paul Flynn from Crosscare. Paul has been working in social care for nearly 40 years and has a lot of wisdom in the area ...
Episode 8: Interview with Sue Cushen about the highs and lows of fostering and returning to college as a mature student
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Audrey & Baggie chat with Sue Cushen, Student on the BA in Social Care in DKIT, foster parent, NALA service user and member of th...
Episode 7: Catherine Kelly on the work of WALK and mental health in social care
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is being released on 10th October 2022, World Mental Health Day. We are joined by Catherine Kelly, Deputy CEO of WALK, an organisation th...
Episode 6: Rosemarie Hayden speaks about the work of the Irish Red Cross with Ukranian Refugees
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey & Baggie as we chat with Rosemarie Hayden from Irish Red Cross about the work being done on the ground to assist Ukranian refugees.&nb...
Episode 5: Celine Dillon on the support needs of students in recovery
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hear Audrey & Baggie chat with Celine Dillon from TUDublin about her journey into social care and her current work in TUDublin. Hear her speak abo...
Episode 4: Discussion on Supervision leadership and making mistakes with Adrian McKenna
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Audrey and Baggie as they speak with Adrian McKenna about his journey into social care, supervision and making mistakes. Adrian has been making v...
Episode 3 Learn about Equine assisted therapy with Audrey Darby
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Audrey and Baggie speak with Audrey Darby about her therapeutic work using horses to help children and adults with physical and intel...
The DBS Fiasco and Registration of Social Care Workers
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, you will hear Audrey and Baggie discussing the recent issues around the social care course in Dublin Business School withdrawing thei...
Introduction to The Social Care Podcast
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode and introduction to The Social Care Podcast and the co-hosts Audrey Moore and David Bagnall. The hosts introduce social care work, t...